Line #13 Music/BaronRojo


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4	Barón Rojo (literally RedBaron) is a Spanish HeavyMetal band born in TheEighties that was the TropeMaker and TropeCodifier for Heavy Metal in Spain as well one of the precursors of the Spanish Rock scene in general that continues until today. The group was formed with the brothers Armando and Carlos del Castro in voice and guitars, José Luis Campuzano "Sherpa" in bass guitar and Hermes Calabria in drums.
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6	Born in 1980, Barón Rojo became a major sensation in this decade, appearing in TV shows and getting tours for all over Europe, but starting TheNineties the band got their first breakup when "Sherpa" and Calabria left the band for differences with the brothers and the fatigue for the concerts. Since then, the band has a big rechange of members during the years, always with de Castro brothers at the front. They had a reunion in 2010, but it lasted a couple of years until "Sherpa" and Calabria left the band again, and this time for real. In 2019, Barón Rojo announced their end in 2020 during the 40th Anniversary with a WorldTour and a [[GrandFinale final big concert]] in Madrid in December.
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8	See also Music/MagoDeOz, another famous Spanish Metal band born in TheEighties and as influential as Barón Rojo.
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10	!!Los troperos irán al infierno[[note]]The tropers will go to the Hell[[/note]]
11	* BandOfRelatives: The core of the band is formed by the brothers Armando and Carlos de Castro, who also made the voices and guitars of Barón Rojo.
12	* CharacterInTheLogo: The eponymous Red Baron appears in the band logo as a black silhouette behind the big red letters of the band name.
13	* {{Chuunibyou}}: DQN-type. "El Malo" (The Bad Guy) is about a man who wanted to be the BigBad instead of TheHero since he was a child. But the man is [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything everything but a bad guy]] and knows that EvilIsNotAToy, but wanted to play the bad guy for once anyway. In the end, he ended happy after being jailed 10 days for reckless driving.
14	* TheDescendantsOfCain: "Hijos de Cain" (Sons of Cain) is a song about {{Cain}} himself being the first rebel against {{God}} and the curse made over him and his descendants. At the end, the {{Narrator}} claims to be a "[[TitleDrop son of Cain]]."
15	* {{Eagleland}}: In "Paraíso Terrenal" (Earthly Paradise), it's referred as the Beautiful type in a {{Troperiffic}} way, saying in the chorus that the {{Narrator}} wanted to go there but he can't.
16	* EpicRocking: Various of their songs contains this, some of them are instrumentals. The most known and notable example is "[[Music/LudwigVanBeethoven Breakthoven]]," where the half of the song is the HeavyMetal version of the "Symphony No.5" nonetheless.
17	* FlowerMotif: "Las Flores del Mal" (The Flowers of Evil) is ''literally'' about flowers that grow in any place and rot the world as we know it without control, changing the world for bad and making people goes to FaceHeelTurn. The chorus talks about we've to ''do'' something about it:
18	-->''Hay que arrancar las flores del mal''[[note]]We've to tear off the flowers of evil[[/note]]
19	* GrandFinale: The band announced they disbanded for real in 2020, making a WorldTour this year and ending in December with a big concert in Madrid with famous guests, all their classic hits and the record for a final live album.
20	* GratuitousEnglish: Some of their albums were made completely in English to get into American and British markets with certain success.
21	* GreatestHitsAlbum: The band released three albums in their carrer, two of them during TheNineties (1994's ''Larga Vida al Barón''[[note]]Long Live to the Baron[[/note]] and 1999's ''Cueste lo que cueste''[[note]]Whatever it takes[[/note]]) and one in 2006 called ''Las Aventuras del Barón''[[note]]The Adventures of the Baron[[/note]], the latter contains a DVD with recordings of their songs in TV shows.
22	* LiteraryAllusionTitle: "Las Flores del Mal" is named after ''Les Fleurs du Mal'' by Charles Baudelaire.
23	* MetalScream: de Castro brothers both have this in various of their songs, having a high tone especially for Armando.
24	* TheMovie: ''Barón Rojo: La Película'' is basically a {{Documentary}} about the story of the band and the 2010 reunion.
25	* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed:
26	** The band name is clearly based on the mythical Red Baron, Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, even having two {{Homage}} songs, one called as "Barón Rojo" and the instrumental "El Barón vuela sobre Inglaterra" (The Baron flies over England.)
27	** "Breakthoven" song is about how Music/LudwigVanBeethoven would live in actual era and that he probably would make Rock/Heavy Metal songs contrary to ClassicalMusic as conservative fans should think.
28	** "Concierto para Ellos" (A Concert for Them) is another Homage song, this time for Rock legends, being about bands as well solo singers. The chorus mentions some late legends as Music/JimiHendrix, [[Music/{{ACDC}} Bon Scott]], Music/JanisJoplin, Music/JohnLennon and [[Music/TheWho Keith Moon]], and the song also mentions Music/{{Whitesnake}} and Music/{{Rainbow}}.
29	* ThePowerOfRock: The bread and butter of the band, with a lot of their songs refered to {{Rock}} as a major force.
30	* RedplicaBaron: The band is precisely named after him, being the band name the Spanish translation of Red Baron. Even more, their logo has his black silouette behind the letters, various of their album covers included the Fokker Dr. I and/or an image of Richthofen himself, and they have two Homage songs to him: "Baron Rojo" and "El Baron vuela sobre Inglaterra."
31	* RockstarSong: They got various during their carrer but one of their first hits "Larga Vida al Rock and Roll" (Long live to Rock and Roll, also the AlbumTitleDrop), is the band's establishing moment.
32	* RottenRockAndRoll: The way rockers are described by [[{{Muggles}} normal people]] in their songs, being ostrasized just for liking Rock. Most of the band's songs are against these kind of people.
33	* ShoutOut:
34	** Being a song dedicated to [[Music/LudwigVanBeethoven Beethoven]], "Breakthoven" contains parts of the classical "Symphony No. 5" played with power guitars.
35	** "Paraíso Terrenal" is a song about {{Eagleland}} and it mentions a lot of American brands and icons.
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37	-->''Si he de elegir entre ellos y el Rock, elegiré mi perdición''[[note]]If I've to choose between them and the Rock, I'll choose my doom[[/note]]

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